Assembly Bill A3475

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Expands the definition of podiatry to include conditions of the ankle and all soft tissue structures of the leg below the knee affecting the foot and ankle

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A3475 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7001, Ed L; amd §§230-d & 2995-d, Pub Health L; amd §3101, CPLR
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A2518

2011-A3475 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the definition of the practice of podiatry to include conditions of the ankle and all soft tissue structures of the leg below the knee anatomically affecting the foot and ankle; establishes podiatrists licensed prior to the effective date of this act need to be certified to operate on the ankle; provides for the conducting of office based surgery by podiatrists; directs the department of health to study the feasibility of a podiatrist profiling program

2011-A3475 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3475

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 25, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW, GABRYSZAK, AUBRY, WRIGHT -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  CRESPO, GALEF, HOOPER, LATIMER, LUPARDO, REILLY,
  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Educa-
  tion

AN ACT to amend the education law, the public health law and  the  civil
  practice law and rules, in relation to the practice of podiatry

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 7001 of the education law, as  amended  by  chapter
677 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  S  7001.  Definition  of practice of podiatry. 1.  The practice of the
profession of podiatry is defined as diagnosing, treating, operating and
prescribing for any disease, injury, deformity or other condition of the
foot, [and may include] ANKLE AND ALL SOFT TISSUE STRUCTURES OF THE  LEG
BELOW  THE  DISTAL  TIBIAL  TUBEROCITY.  SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE ANKLE
SHALL NOT EXTEND BEYOND THE TIBIAL METAPHYSEAL FLAIR; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT SUCH SURGICAL TREATMENT MAY EXTEND TO THE DISTAL TIBIAL  TUBEROCITY
AS  NECESSARY FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE ANKLE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE APPLICATION OF EXTERNAL FIXATION; AND  PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  THAT
SUCH TREATMENT SHALL NOT INCLUDE PILON FRACTURES. THE PRACTICE OF PODIA-
TRY  INCLUDES  performing  physical evaluations in conjunction with [the
provision of] podiatric treatment.  Podiatrists [may] SHALL  ONLY  treat
traumatic open wound fractures [only] AND PROVIDE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF
COMPLICATED  FRACTURES  OF  THE  ANKLE in hospitals [, as defined in] OR
AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO article twenty-eight of
the public health law.   FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  TERM
"ANKLE"  SHALL  BE DEFINED AS THE DISTAL METAPHYSIS AND EPIPHYSIS OF THE
TIBIA AND FIBULA, THE ARTICULAR CARTILAGE OF THE DISTAL TIBIA AND DISTAL
FIBULA, THE LIGAMENTS THAT CONNECT THE DISTAL METAPHYSIS  AND  EPIPHYSIS
OF  THE TIBIA AND FIBULA AND TALUS, AND THE PORTIONS OF SKIN, SUBCUTANE-
OUS TISSUE, FASCIA, MUSCLES, TENDONS AND NERVES AT OR BELOW THE LEVEL OF
THE MYOTENDINOUS JUNCTION OF THE TRICEPS SURAE.
  2. [The practice of podiatry shall not include treating  any  part  of
the  human  body  other  than  the  foot,  nor treating fractures of the

              

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